Status Updates From The Surrender of Man

“So, then, the antidote to meaninglessness was art. I could be the agent of my own meaning; the answers would come from my perception and understanding of the world and those around me. No systems of belief or patterns of faith would need to open my path into each new year of my life. It was the most sacred thing I’d ever learned.” (59)

“America is, in particular, such a desperate onlooker of death. […] We have been conditioned that any price is worthy to avoid being even death-adjacent. We could never do right by someone who needed it the most.” (7)